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After completing his Ph.D. at Yale, Abdi moved to
Brooklyn, New York City. While living outside of Iran, Abdi continued to remain involved in activism. In New York, he worked on campaigns allowing for medicine to be imported into Iran, as well as campaigns opposing sanctions on Iran due to their
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After release he moved to Turkey and finished his PhD there. After defense, and losing his right eye sight, he decided to go back to Iran to be with his family. At Embays of Iran in Ankara for renewal of his passport he went under 4 hours of security interview about his pasts, but he eventually
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humanitarian cost. Online, he continued to remain active on
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